Editing Pandareus (section)

=== Anatolia ===
Pandareus was the father of [[Aëdon]] (wife of [[Amphion and Zethus|Zethus]]), [[Chelidon (mythology)|Chelidon]], [[Cleothera]] and [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]];<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 19.518; Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#11 11] as cited in [[Boios|Boeus]]' ''Ornithogonia''</ref> according to Pausanias, the last two were called [[Cameiro]] and [[Clytia]].<ref name="Pausanias" /> Harmothoe is confirmed to be the mother of Aëdon, Merope and Cleodora, but not Chelidon. After the death of their parents, [[Aphrodite]] took care of Cleodora and Merope, [[Hera]] taught them to be proper women, and [[Athena]] made them accomplished; but when Aphrodite went to see [[Zeus]] to get them married, storm winds carried them away to become handmaidens of the [[Erinyes|furies]].<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 20.66 ff.</ref>

In another myth, Aëdon's husband [[Polytechnus]] came to him under the excuse that Aëdon wanted her sister Chelidon to visit her, when in fact he owed his wife a female slave. Pandareus, not suspecting a thing, let Polytechnus take Chelidon, but he proceeded to rape her and force her to serve as a slave for Aëdon. The two sisters soon escaped and ran back to Pandareus, who had Polytechnus tied, smeared with honey and left to the mercy of flies. Aëdon in pity kept the flies off of Polytechnus, angering Pandareus, his wife and his son. They were about to attack Aëdon, but Zeus interfered, and transformed them all into birds. Pandareus was changed into a [[sea eagle]], his wife into a kingfisher, his son into a hoopoe.<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#11 11]</ref>